The Federal Government on the other hand has more at stake with regards to the welfare of society and making sure that interstate commerce is working smoothly. There are certain jobs that only the government can do well, and there are many others that the government should have absolutely no role in.
Amen. This is why the Federal Government is mandated to run the Post Office. At the dawn of the Republic, no intelligent businessman would operate such a money-losing enterprise. However, it is a necessary and needed service.
Rural electrification and rural broadband, in my opinion, also merit Government intervention.
The Government provides a service - in this case, asking/forcing someone else to provide a service - and people are shocked that it will cost money? What kind of Communist paradise do these people live in where Government doesn't cost anything?
Humans may be the weak link in information security, but the information is only useful to humans so its not as if we can remove ourselves from the system. Well, we could, and then go back to invisible inks, hand ciphers and cars that actually stop, but these days people probably wouldn't want to do that.
I'm glad we've moved past the Stone Age with their silly ideas about "braking systems". Things are so much better now without them.
It's great to know not to use IE if you're supporting yourself and your parents. It's a completely different world when you're supporting an entire organization.
In that case, it's not like you can do anything about it anyways. If you had the power to change that, hopefully you would have done it by now.
I would think that anyone who posts and reads Slashdot knows not to use Internet Explorer. Have we reached the point yet where a new flaw is no longer news?
I would think REAL news would be if a test somewhere showed a version of Internet Explorer superior to ANY other browser.
Why all the Apple hate, but not Nintendo? Nintendo's policies are far more restrictive, from what I've read, and the developer kit is expensive and difficult to impossible to get for newbies.
For all the anti-European sentiment here in the United States, specifically against France, it's ironic that we're becoming more dependent on them protecting our civil liberties.
If they don't do it, our government (no matter what Administration) surely won't do it.
I post opinions, rumors, announcements, and other "media-like" information right here on this very site in the form of comments. Unfortunately, because I don't submit stories, enter journals, or edit summaries (I don't think the/. editors do either) I am not considered a journalist.
Despite the time and effort I put into making sure my posts are factual, interesting, engaging, inciteful, and sometimes funny, my work (and I don't hesitate to call it work) here as a active contributor to the discussions surrounding each story is like dust in the wind, dude.
I hope Google sues anyone who uses location-based advertising. That way, only Google will broadcast my location to advertisers. Avoid Google's product, and BAM! Privacy.
Until you can buy one at the store, it's another piece of vaporware from Microsoft.
Exactly. I liked how we never talked about the iPad before you could buy it for instance.
Except one company (Apple) has a history of delivering what they promise, and another (Microsoft) does not.
It's not about a general rule of "we don't discuss product announcements", it's a general rule of "Microsoft announces things, then only occasionally delivers them"
A guy wanders in through the exit, and they evacuate the terminal?
If it's really necessary to evacuate the terminal each time this happens, wouldn't it be cheaper to hire a guy to stand there to stop people from coming in?
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They pay a copying tax every time they buy media. It seems to me this implies copying is then legal.
However, with common sense and government, only occasionally do the two meet.
Isn't this the backstory to the Lizard? He tries to regrow his arm using amphibian DNA, and whoops - he turns into a Lizard.
Hm, it sounds really stupid now that I've typed it out.
"no intelligent businessman would operate such a money-losing enterprise"
I wouldn't call a $1 Billion profit a loss...
It's profitable NOW - hence UPS, FedEx, etc. It wasn't in 1789.
You can not have a right to something that is non-free.
Tell that to the NRA.
The Federal Government on the other hand has more at stake with regards to the welfare of society and making sure that interstate commerce is working smoothly. There are certain jobs that only the government can do well, and there are many others that the government should have absolutely no role in.
Amen. This is why the Federal Government is mandated to run the Post Office. At the dawn of the Republic, no intelligent businessman would operate such a money-losing enterprise. However, it is a necessary and needed service.
Rural electrification and rural broadband, in my opinion, also merit Government intervention.
The Government provides a service - in this case, asking/forcing someone else to provide a service - and people are shocked that it will cost money? What kind of Communist paradise do these people live in where Government doesn't cost anything?
Everybody wants services (public schools, Medicare, military, etc), nobody wants to pay taxes.
Humans may be the weak link in information security, but the information is only useful to humans so its not as if we can remove ourselves from the system. Well, we could, and then go back to invisible inks, hand ciphers and cars that actually stop, but these days people probably wouldn't want to do that.
I'm glad we've moved past the Stone Age with their silly ideas about "braking systems". Things are so much better now without them.
:-)
It's great to know not to use IE if you're supporting yourself and your parents. It's a completely different world when you're supporting an entire organization.
In that case, it's not like you can do anything about it anyways. If you had the power to change that, hopefully you would have done it by now.
I would think that anyone who posts and reads Slashdot knows not to use Internet Explorer. Have we reached the point yet where a new flaw is no longer news?
I would think REAL news would be if a test somewhere showed a version of Internet Explorer superior to ANY other browser.
Why all the Apple hate, but not Nintendo? Nintendo's policies are far more restrictive, from what I've read, and the developer kit is expensive and difficult to impossible to get for newbies.
For all the anti-European sentiment here in the United States, specifically against France, it's ironic that we're becoming more dependent on them protecting our civil liberties.
If they don't do it, our government (no matter what Administration) surely won't do it.
The site is Slashdotted so hard, the link was removed from the summary to give the poor guys a break.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Post_Facto_(Star_Trek:_Voyager)
I can't believe I just referenced Star Trek: Voyager.
I post opinions, rumors, announcements, and other "media-like" information right here on this very site in the form of comments. Unfortunately, because I don't submit stories, enter journals, or edit summaries (I don't think the /. editors do either) I am not considered a journalist.
Despite the time and effort I put into making sure my posts are factual, interesting, engaging, inciteful, and sometimes funny, my work (and I don't hesitate to call it work) here as a active contributor to the discussions surrounding each story is like dust in the wind, dude.
Maybe I missed it, but where was the Bad Analogy?
I hope Google sues anyone who uses location-based advertising. That way, only Google will broadcast my location to advertisers. Avoid Google's product, and BAM! Privacy.
Seriously, though, Apple is already trying to stop app developers from using location information solely for advertising: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/news/archives/2010/february/#corelocation
I would say if it is half as popular as the Zune, Microsoft has nothing to worry about.
If it's half as popular as Zune, Google/Apple/Nokia/Palm/etc have nothing to worry about.
Didn't the Federation already agree on the Prime Directive?
Um, I hate to break it to you, but Star Trek is Science-Fiction, not a documentary.
1. If they were smart it's easier to make money legally than illegally.
It's really not. If you've ever been involved with, or known anyone involved with selling illegal drugs, you'd know how false that statement is.
Microsoft issued a news release celebrating the accord, while Amazon declined to comment.
Microsoft says the agreement covers technologies in products such as Amazon's Kindle
A Microsoft representative declined to say which of its products are covered by the deal.
It sounds like Amazon got caught violating one or more of Microsoft's patents, and this deal was arranged to avoid a lawsuit.
Interesting how it's taboo to discriminate against the old, but not the young.
Bars that won't let you enter unless you're over 25, although the drinking age is 21.
Apartment complexes that won't rent to you unless you're over 55.
In both these cases, the reverse would be unthinkable.
I don't want smelly old people in my bar or apartment complex - nobody over 40 allowed. Why does this bring a lawsuit, and the former does not?
Until you can buy one at the store, it's another piece of vaporware from Microsoft.
Exactly. I liked how we never talked about the iPad before you could buy it for instance.
Except one company (Apple) has a history of delivering what they promise, and another (Microsoft) does not.
It's not about a general rule of "we don't discuss product announcements", it's a general rule of "Microsoft announces things, then only occasionally delivers them"
Until you can buy one at the store, it's another piece of vaporware from Microsoft.
That's the way it is - it's profitable for the company with no downside.
The only option is for employees to show that it will cost them in the long run through turnover and training new employees.
Alternately, unionization or government regulation are the only other options.
Eclipse doesn't work for you?
A guy wanders in through the exit, and they evacuate the terminal?
If it's really necessary to evacuate the terminal each time this happens, wouldn't it be cheaper to hire a guy to stand there to stop people from coming in?